Effects of sub-seasonal variability on seasonal-to-interannual Indian Ocean meridional heat transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Halkides, D J ^a   Han, Weiqing ^b   Lee, Tong ^a   Masumoto, Yukio ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; WIND STRESS;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 38849127436     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030150     Document Type: Article

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